Chapter 962: The end of the golden age

On June 26, 2017, after Li Liang and King won the championship, a special award ceremony was held in Manhattan, New York.
This is one of Adam Silva's reforms to the nba. The awards that were originally selected and awarded during the season are concentrated to the end of the season, and an awards ceremony similar to a film festival is held for nominations.
This is a step towards nba entertainment, but it is also a very tasteless step.
Once the season is over, the championship is settled, and everyone's expectations for the awards are greatly reduced.
After all, the NBA is a championship-only league, and the biggest suspense has been revealed, and the attention paid to the small honors in front has naturally dropped.
Except for some fans, some passerby fans will not pay much attention to the awards after the end of the season.
At most, I only know a result, and I won't go to the award ceremony.
At the awards ceremony at the end of June, Li Liang, the biggest winner of the season, simply did not go to the scene, because he knew that this year's regular season v would not be given to him.
Sure enough, the most important regular season v award was given to LeBron James.
After all, in the regular season, the Golden State Warriors had a record of 68 wins, and other teams were hard to beat.
From the perspective of personal data, no player has a superb performance.
At the same time, the league doesn't want to give v to Bruce Lee anymore. This year's v to James is a compensation for the loss in the 2013 season.
Although James, who received the award, was smiling, his overall mood was not very high.
The season is over, everyone is thinking about the next season, the shadow of another defeat in the Western Conference has been hanging over James, a regular season v is just a little comfort.
The Warriors will have a very strong lineup next season, and they still have the opportunity to challenge Li Liang's rule.
But to be honest, this year the Warriors lost to the King, not only the King, but also the entire alliance.
If the Warriors can't beat Li Liang with a lineup like this, then other teams don't even think about it.
The more frightening news came in July, when the Kings completed a deal on the free market that made everyone feel desperate, especially the Warriors.
After Rudy Gay’s contract expired, the Kings chose not to renew Gay and let him become a free agent.
The king also cleared a batch of expiring contracts, which immediately vacated more than 20 million space.
In turn, the king dug into the corner of the warriors-Iguodala, whose contract expired, used a three-year contract of 64 million to dig Iguodala!
After the signing was completed, all the coaches and managers in the entire Western Conference were blown up.
It is said that Popovich yelled after learning the news and said that he didn't want to do it anymore and he wanted to go with Duncan.
The Warriors were originally the best hope of resisting Li Liang, but the generals in the formation were poached.
The Warriors can only give Iguodha a three-year contract of 48 million, while the King needs 16 million more, which is not a small amount.
More importantly, Li Liang's personal lobbying made Iguodha moved his heart and decided to switch to the king.
The attraction of championships and rings is huge.
Although Iguodala is 33 years old, his competitive form is still very good and he is experienced.
Even if the level is not as good as the peak, it is better to get him to the king than to stay in the warrior and cause trouble for Li Liang.
This signing can be said to have extinguished the Warriors' desire to resist in the new season.
Sure enough, the 20172018 season saw no surprises in the regular season. Although there were still wonderful performances, lore, super data, newcomer rise, and wonderful offense and defense, the biggest suspense of the season was not enough for experienced NBA fans.
The finished Kings team worked hard in the new season, reaching a record of 65 wins and 17 losses, creating the best record in the history of the Kings.
Li Liang's performance on and off the court has become more and more impeccable.
No injuries, full attendance without shifts, a steady contribution of 30 points per game, leading the team to win the game and get off work.
And he got married this year. After having his own family, he has become more mature and stable, and it makes people feel more and more invincible.
Challengers are emerging. In 18 years in the West, the Warriors are still the strongest challenger. The Spurs have grown extremely fast. In the East, the Celtics have begun to dominate. They use the Nets' draft rights to make waves, while the 76ers are growing rapidly. .
But no matter how they grow up, all teams feel that they are getting farther away from the Kings and Bruce Lee.
Because people are surprised to find that Li Liang is also growing!
This guy is still improving, and is improving at a very fast rate.
In the 18th season, he suddenly had a strong low post singles ability, combined with his precise jumper, it was simply unstoppable.
His scoring has become more and more arbitrary, almost to the point of completely ignoring the defense, a bit similar to NBA players going to Cba to play.
Unsurprisingly in the playoffs, the Kings cut melons and vegetables all the way to the finals.
In the Western Conference finals, the king sent the warriors home with a simple 4:2.
General game, 4:2, in Li Liang's spiritual hometown of Boston, Li Liang was crowned king for the sixth time.
At the same time, the ratings of the NBA Finals further declined, as did the ratings of the regular season and the All-Star Game.
In the All-Star Game, Xiao Hua introduced the captain selection model, but Li Liang, who was appointed as captain, rejected the appointment.
This is not the first time Li Liang has confronted NBA officials openly.
This made the Alliance Office extremely annoyed, but helpless.
This guy said he wanted to participate in the dunk contest, but it didn't.
I have agreed to participate in the three-point contest again to break the historical record, but there is still no...
Xiao Hua has tried his best to increase the ratings, hoping to impress the fans with his feelings.
But it's no use, new fans are increasingly not buying it.
Li Liang has also become an opinion leader on Twitter, antagonizing NBA everywhere.
The first person in an alliance always antagonizes the alliance, and things are difficult to handle.
The Alliance wanted to suppress Li Liang, but the problem was that this man was too strong and ordinary whistle could not blow him.
Moreover, the referee still has a good relationship with Li Liang, which makes the league office feel like a needle.
The 18 season was a bleak year for the NBA's overall operations.
Li Liang and the king are the biggest winners, and the others are losers.
NBA began to face the same crisis as before Stern came to power in the 1980s, and the Boston Celtics are gradually infiltrating and controlling the entire league.
Now, the NBA championship is being monopolized by a Chinese, and local fans increasingly don't want to see this strange league occupied by blacks and ultimately dominated by a Chinese.
In the summer of '18, there was an opportunity. Of course, this opportunity had already planted the seeds in 2017, and that was the opening of the big3 league.
This is a three-on-three alliance jointly initiated by Iverson and Es Cooper and gathered NBA retired players.
It was tepid in 17 years, and in 18 years, suddenly there was a strong capital injection from the United Kingdom, which expanded the scale of the league, and began to dig talents from ncaa colleges and even high school students directly.
Ncaa's revenue in the United States is amazing, but student players can't get the money. They work for nothing and fight purely for honor.
In order to enter the NBA, most talented players use ncaa as a springboard for one year, and they are drafted into the NBA after one year.
The level of ncaa has naturally declined, as can be seen from the o winners over the years.
Now there is another big3 to dig the wall. No one cares. Because there are more basketball leagues in the United States, there is no so-called "official league". The NBA also broke out from a crowd of basketball leagues and stood out. The strongest league was challenged by aba in the middle, and finally annexed aba.
Today, the NBA is already a super giant, and no basketball league can shake it.
The scale of big3 is gradually expanding, and the big league adopts the mode of centralized venues and network broadcast. All games are held in New York and Los Angeles. The venues are played in venues of different styles, sizes, and themes. There are audiences on the scene. At the same time use the Internet to broadcast live to the world.
The game system has gradually expanded from the beginning of 3v3 to 5v5 games. The number of each team is limited to 12 points. There are more and more teams, and the game is open, fast, four-pointers, tactics Complex and diverse, full of gimmicks.
The number of spectators watching big3 games on the Internet is increasing.
And the NBA in 19 is another year of record low ratings, because there is still no suspense about the championship this year.
The Kings team suddenly became as solid as Li Liang, and there were no injuries in the regular season.
They scored 60 wins and 22 losses, the same record as the Eastern Bucks...The Eastern Conference has become a battleground for the Bucks and Celtics.
In the West, the Warriors suffered a wave of injuries, the Spurs have always been difficult to move forward, Gasol and Adelaide have become older.
As for the Thunder, the Clippers and the Lakers, they seem to have been enchanted by Li Liang. They have tasted the championship, and then they can't find that feeling again, and don't want to look for it.
The regular season was still lively, but in the playoffs, he was beaten by Li Liang who was stronger than before.
His strength is swelling. In the 19th season, he made his own dribbling superb. He has a breakthrough pace that is not commensurate with his size.
No one can stop him anymore, neither can Michael Jordan.
In the finals, the Kings beat the Milwaukee Bucks 4:0. Antetokounmpo, who was clamoring to overthrow the Kings before the game, was beaten to shame by Li Liang. He scored less than 20 in two games and was completely shot by Li Liang's three-pointer. Shot through.
Li Liang finally completed his triumphant career in a team and became a well-deserved basketball emperor.
However, the league’s ratings have reached the bottom, Adam Silva can’t wait to sign an agreement with the gaming company to introduce investment from the gaming company, otherwise, the NBA’s revenue will have a big loophole.
On the contrary, the vibrant big3 league is in full swing. Unlike the NBA's superstar route, the big3 main team style is packaged as a whole, and each team's style is very distinctive and distinctive.
At the same time, the competition system is more interesting and exciting, which attracts the attention of young people and Internet users.
In the summer of 19, where did Li Liang's father go to a large variety show again.
This time, Li Liang took the initiative to submit a trade application to the Kings. He was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers-a single trader for Leonard and a bunch of draft picks.
Leonard has been with the Lakers for three years and his personal strength has continued to grow, but unfortunately he can't win the championship.
The match with Love and Wade is always almost meaningful.
He couldn't get the recognition of Lakers fans after all.
And what the Lakers fans are thinking of, the real king is finally back.
It wasn't just the Kings who came, the Lakers also vacated a huge space and ate LeBron James in one bite!
Finally, the big and small teamed up, the nba finale!
James is tired of losing to Li Liang every year-7 years, 7 years!
He has never won a series and has been stepped on the throne again and again. James has been able to persist for seven years.
The two finally joined forces with the Lakers. Li Liang will be here to get his eighth championship and complete the mission in the City of Angels book.
After the start of the season, everything went smoothly, and in 2020, a disaster hit the world.
NBA shut down!
And, at the beginning of 2020, David Stern died of cerebral hemorrhage.
This was originally a heartbreaking thing, but the next day after Stern passed away, a mysterious video tape went viral all over the Internet-this is a dying interview with Stern, using one question and one answer. Form, all questions are extremely sharp, pointing to the core secret of NBA.
These include draft scandals, gambling, black whistle, game manipulation and a series of issues that can shake the foundation of the NBA.
All the answers are unfavorable to the NBA, and many long-guessed rumors have been confirmed one by one.
The nba official responded on the same day, saying that the video tape was fake and was made with later technology.
However, after repeated verifications, many video experts said that the video tape was fake and it was true.
No one knows when Stern made this video tape, under whom, and why he did it.
The other person is dead, there is no proof, and the content of the video tape is convinced.
NBA is facing a huge crisis of confidence, coupled with the suspension of the game, the entire league began to be precarious.
At the same time, big3 was held in full swing, attracting more and more young people's attention.
Moreover, because of the special competition system and broadcast method, it is basically not affected by the disaster and proceeds normally.
At this moment, Li Liang posted a message on Twitter, "Next season, I will bring my talent to big3."
And Li Liang's move indicates that the golden age of nba is over.
It will die.
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In 1986, in the small and cramped away locker room at the Boston Garden Arena, Li Liang sat on his seat and laced his sneakers.
There is still half an hour before the start of the game, the soundproofing of the locker room is not very good, and Li Liang can hear the loud shouts on the court.
That is the voice of Boston fans.
The locker room was very hot and there was no air conditioning. The Portland Trail Blazers players were all huddled together, silently preparing for the game.
This was the last game of the 1986 Finals. The Portland Trail Blazers and the Celtics reached the tiebreak.
Therefore, this is also the last game of the NBA in the 1986 season.
Li Liang completed the tasks in this system all the way. In reality, he kept holding the feeling, but the system was being ravaged.
But he made rapid progress. In the second year of entering the league, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com reached the finals and met the great Celtics.
In the first game, he lost an away game, lost the second game, and lost consecutive games in the third and fourth games. He thought he had come to an end, but in the fifth game he fought back, winning the game and dragging the series back to Boston.
The Celtics thought this was a good opportunity for them to win at home. They didn't know that Li Liang once again killed the Celtics with a three-pointer in the sixth game, leaving the suspense of the finals to the last game.
"No one beat the Celtics in the tiebreak."
Li Liang thought of what Bird said before the game, smiled, and gave this response, "There is no absoluteness in everything. What has never happened is not to tell you that it is impossible, but to motivate you to go. Create it."
When the time was up, Li Liang put on his sneakers, a pair of "skyscraer", and a black jersey of No. 11. He left the locker room with his teammates and ran to the old garden arena.
The real showdown is about to begin.
(End of the book.)